SŁUŻBA BEZPIECZEŃSTWA PRL A UKRAIŃCY – PRZYKŁADY Z CZASÓW „MAŁEJ STABILIZACJI”
SECURITY SERVICE OF THE POLISH PEOLPE'S REPUBLIC AND UKRININS -EXAMPLES FORM THE PERIOD OF "SMALL STABILIZATION"
Author(s): Jerzy NiecioSubject(s): History, Governance, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: Ukrainians;SB (Security Service);surveillance;Communism;nationalism;People's Republic of Poland;USSR
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the way Ukrainians were treated by the securityservices of the Gomułka’s Polish People's Republic (1956-1970). The synthetic approachis based on specific examples. The "Wisła" military operation (1947) was considered thebeginning of the systematic control of the Ukrainian community. Ukrainians wereinvigilated under the pretext of "protection against nationalism". Despite the laterchanges in internal politics, this paradigm of the SB's actions towards this nationalminority remained unchanged. It was also a pretext for infiltrating the Ukrainiandiaspora in the West. It also used to break the Polish-Ukrainian relations establishedthere based on anti-Communism. The activities of the SB reflected the assumptions ofthe ethnic policy of the Soviet empire under the rule of Khrushchev and Brezhnev. Theyalso confirmed the vassal relationship between communist Poland and its easternneighbor.
Journal: Przegląd Geopolityczny
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 26
- Page Range: 125-141
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish